Emotional Support Animals, Service Dogs and Comfort Pets: The Definitive Thread
Dec 26, 2015, 3:08 pm
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Q37. Do commercial airlines have to comply with the ADA?
A. No. The Air Carrier Access Act is the Federal law that protects the rights of people with disabilities in air travel. For information or to file a complaint, contact the U.S. Department of Transportation, Aviation Consumer Protection Division, at 202-366-2220.
A. No. The Air Carrier Access Act is the Federal law that protects the rights of people with disabilities in air travel. For information or to file a complaint, contact the U.S. Department of Transportation, Aviation Consumer Protection Division, at 202-366-2220.
Dec 26, 2015, 3:10 pm
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The safety needs of the many outweigh the petty emotional wants of one person.
Dec 26, 2015, 3:15 pm
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Except for the fact that federal law requires that the exit row be free of all obstructions before takeoff. A large animal most definitely qualifies as an obstruction.
Dec 26, 2015, 3:19 pm
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Frankly, in an emergency, I'd trust a dog's instincts and mobility over most people's.
Dec 26, 2015, 3:23 pm
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So do people so overweight that they spill into adjacent seats, but they're almost never moved, either. Indeed, people here at FT have argued for page after page that even suggesting such a thing would be discriminatory.
Frankly, in an emergency, I'd trust a dog's instincts and mobility over most people's.
Frankly, in an emergency, I'd trust a dog's instincts and mobility over most people's.
All I want is for the rules to be enforced, and just a little bit of sanity. No animals openly in the cabin without a documented medical condition, fat people must buy FC or two Y seats, etc.
Dec 26, 2015, 3:35 pm
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The only way I want an animal in the exit row is if it's a seeing eye dog and it can lead it's owner and the rest of us out in an emergency. Emotional support animal should not be there. And if you need an ESA, will you be calm enough to assist in an emergency?
Dec 26, 2015, 4:06 pm
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So do people so overweight that they spill into adjacent seats, but they're almost never moved, either. Indeed, people here at FT have argued for page after page that even suggesting such a thing would be discriminatory.
Frankly, in an emergency, I'd trust a dog's instincts and mobility over most people's.
Frankly, in an emergency, I'd trust a dog's instincts and mobility over most people's.
Being not able, or not speaking English, forbids one to sit there and it is not considered a discrimination towards not sufficiently athletic people, or less linguistically skilled ones.
I guess an emotional assistance animal cannot answer "yes" and if it does it would be lying.
The possibility of considering said animal as baggage, or infant-in-arms is also precluded, since bags in an exit row have to be stored in an overhead and infants are not allowed.
I'm pretty sure that in light of all of the above no animals can be in an exit row.
Dec 26, 2015, 4:56 pm
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That might be the way things are supposed to be, but that's clearly not how things are. This dog was obviously allowed to remain in the exit row, and we've had multiple reports of people not being moved because of either obesity or lack of English fluency.
Dec 26, 2015, 5:15 pm
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Sorry but I don't want any animals and blind or extremely obese people in a over wing exit row.
Dec 26, 2015, 5:23 pm
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Dec 26, 2015, 5:29 pm
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And the DOT is getting a photograph of the animal in the exit row. If I play it correctly, I get a percentage of the fine Delta pays, too (under the whistleblower act).
Dec 26, 2015, 5:41 pm
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I've never heard of such a thing, at least for the traveling public. If it was true, the DOT would probably be getting more submissions than it could process.
Dec 26, 2015, 6:18 pm
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The fact that most people aren't aware is part of the reason it doesn't happen much. But the whistleblower act allows people to get a cut of the fine when they report someone for illegal activities. It's far from that simple, of course.
Dec 26, 2015, 6:23 pm
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As far as I'm aware, the Whistleblower Protection Act only covers federal employees and federal job applicants.
Dec 26, 2015, 6:25 pm
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